Equal and Same

noun

• A person who is of equal standing with another in a group.
  • synonyms: peer, match, compeer

verb

• Be identical or equivalent to.
  • usage: "One dollar equals 1, 000 rubles these days"
  • synonyms: be
• Be equal to in quality or ability.
  • usage: "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
  • synonyms: touch, rival, match
• Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.
  • usage: "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
  • synonyms: match, equalize, equalise, equate

adjective

• Having the same quantity, value, or measure as another.
  • usage: "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law"
• Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.
  • usage: "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task"
  • synonyms: adequate

• (a.) Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement.
• (v.t.) To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality.
• (a.) Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.
• (a.) Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task.
• (n.) One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal.".
• (a.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed.
• (v.t.) To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
• (a.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.
• (a.) Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc.; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.
• (a.) Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.
• (n.) State of being equal; equality.
• (v.t.) To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank or the like, with; to be commen/urate with.

noun

• A member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer.
  • synonyms: Lapp, Lapplander, Sami, Saami, Saame
• The language of nomadic Lapps in northern Scandinavia and the Kola Peninsula.
  • synonyms: Lapp, Sami, Saami, Saame

adjective

• Same in identity.
  • usage: "the same man I saw yesterday"; "never wore the same dress twice"; "this road is the same one we were on yesterday"; "on the same side of the street"
• Closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree.
  • usage: "curtains the same color as the walls"; "two girls of the same age"; "mother and son have the same blue eyes"; "animals of the same species"; "the same rules as before"; "two boxes having the same dimensions"; "the same day next year"
• Equal in amount or value.
  • usage: "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number"
  • synonyms: like
• Unchanged in character or nature.
  • usage: "the village stayed the same"; "his attitude is the same as ever"

• (v.i.) Just mentioned or just about to be mentioned.
• (v.i.) Of like kind, species, sort, dimensions or the like; not differing in character or in the quality or qualities compared; corresponding; not discordant; similar; like.
• (v.i.) Not different or other; not another or others; identical; unchanged.